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Mutations in the reverse transcriptase component of telomerase (TERT) in patients with bone marrow failure.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Vulliamy Tom J, Walne Amanda, Baskaradas Aroon, Mason Philip J, Marrone Anna, Dokal Inderjeet
Abstract excerpt
Human telomerase has two core components, the RNA molecule (TERC) that provides the template for telomere repeat elongation and a reverse transcriptase (TERT) that is responsible for the addition of telomere repeats at the ends of each chromosome. Mutations in TERC have been found in the autosomal-dominant form of the inherited bone marrow failure syndrome dyskeratosis congenita and in a subset of patients with...
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